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hemo

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. vs., Loose, separated, untied, unfastened, open, satisfied (see ex., hemahema #2), discharged, divorced, opened, weaned; taken off, as clothes.

  • Examples:
    • Kuli hemo, dislocated knee.
    • Hemo ka hale kūʻai i ka pō, the store is open in the evening.
    • Ua hemo akula ke kāmaʻa, the shoes are off.
    • Ua hemo nā kāmaʻa a Pua iā Kū, Kū took off Pua's shoes.
  • Related:
    • hoʻohemo Caus/sim.; To loosen, undo, unfasten, disconnect, take off, set at liberty, liberate, free, abort.
      • Hoʻohemo i ka ʻono o ka lama, freed of taste for liquor.
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2. vs., Variant of ʻōhemo #1, weak, feeble.

  • Examples:
    • Nā kuli e hemo ana (Ioba 4.4), feeble knees.
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ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

ʻaʻano, Open, as for business; unlocked; ajar.

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ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

ʻaʻano, To be open, as for a play in basketball.

  • Source:
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  • Examples:
    • ʻOiai ua hemo kekahi hoa kime ma lalo pono o ka hīnaʻi, kī paʻewa wale akula ʻo Mānea. Even though one of his teammates was open right under the basket, Mānea went ahead and made a bad shot.
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/ HE-MO / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

1. v., To loosen; to untie, as a rope; to cast off.

2. To come out; move away; depart; to turn off, as a tenant; to dispossess of one's land.

3. To loosen, i. e., to sail, as a vessel; to set sail.

4. To break loose from restraint or confinement; to break over a boundary. Puk. 19:21.

5. To break off a habit; to wean, as a child; i hemo ke keiki i ka waiu, let the child be broken off from the milk, i. e., weaned.

6. Hoohemo. To loosen, &c.; to put away, i. e., divorce, as married persons; he wahine i hoohemoia. See oki and hooki.

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kikino ｜ noun / HE-MO / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

s., A loosening; a separation of things once united; ua like ka hemo me ka makili.

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hemo

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / HE-MO / Haw to Eng, Andrews,

adj., Loose; separating.

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kikino ｜ noun / hē'-mo / Haw to Eng, Parker,

n., A loosening; a separation of things once united: ua like ka hemo me ka makili.

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/ hē'-mo / Haw to Eng, Parker,

1. v., To be loosened; to be untied.

2. v., To be out of.

3. v., To be open or unfastened.

4. v., To be divorced or separated from.

5. v., To be weaned.

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